iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Woburn, MA 01801
www.iOptron.com
iE3000 Electronic Eyepiece
# 8430
Instruction Manual
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With the iE3000 Electronic Eyepiece now
you can experience astro-video and
astrophotography for yourself! The iOptron
Electronic Eyepiece allows you to view
real-time images from your telescope on a
computer screen. The iOptron iE Electronic
Eyepiece transmits live video images of the
Moon, Sun, planets and terrestrial objects
through a USB cable to your computer.
Images can be recorded for later playback
or frame imaging.
Parts List
iE3000 Electronic Eyepiece
USB Cable
0.965 inch eyepiece adapter
Camera driver and manual for
download from iOptron website
System Requirement
32 bit Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/7
Pentium IV 1.4GHz or equivalent, or
high
300 MB free hard drive space for
program installation and
image/movie saving
512 MB RAM (1.0 GB DDR RAM
recommended)
16-bit color display at 1280x1024
(32 MB video memory with DirectX
3D support recommended)
DirectX 9.0C or higher
iE3000 Driver Installation:
Do not plug in the iE3000 electronic
eyepiece before you have installed the
driver.
Download iE3000 Driver.zip from iOptron’s
website:
https://www.ioptron.com/v/Manuals/8430_iE3000_Dri
ver.zip
Open iE3000 Driver.zip file. Run setup.exe,
by double click on it.
A Security Warning window will be shown,
click on Run.
Click on Next when an InstallShield Wizard
window displayed.
Click on Install to start install the camera
driver (OVT Scanner X86).
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Click on Finish when the InstallShield
Wizard completed.
Next, plug each end of the USB cable into
the iE3000 and your computer. Your
computer will detect the electronic eyepiece
as new hardware and start to install the
driver.
Now the camera is ready for use after the
driver is installed.
Use the iE3000 to observe an object
The iE3000 can be used with almost any
telescope that is compatible with 1.25"
format eyepieces. The camera simply is
inserted into a focuser in the same way as a
standard eyepiece, with or without a
diagonal if you use a star diagonal. If your
telescope does not have enough inward
focus travel, you will need to use an 1.25"
Barlow lens (not included) to extend the
telescope’s focal plane to the camera’s
imaging plane. The camera can be also
used for those telescopes using 1”
eyepieces with supplied 0.965” adapter.
In order to bring an object to your computer
monitor, an image/video capture program is
needed. Most PCs come with preinstalled
programs, such as Window Movie Maker,
Arcsoft Webcam Companion, or other
webcam program. If your PC does not have
one installed, you may download one from
the following website: VirtualDub 32-bit from
www.VirtualDub.org
or Future Winjoe at
www.ioptron.com/v/Support/future.rar
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Aim and focus your telescope to an
observing target, such as Moon using
regular eyepiece. Remove the eyepiece and
insert the iE3000 camera into the telescope
focuser. Slowly adjust the focuser knob to
bring the image to focus. Use the capture
function of the program to capture the
image or movie.
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Specifications
Sensor Parameter 1/2" 3.0MP CMOS
Resolution 2048*1536
USB port USB 2.0
Frame rate 7.5 fps @ 2048*1536
Resolution Model 2048*1536,1280×1024 ,1024×768
Pixel size 3.18μm*3.18μm
Sensitivity 1.0 V/lus-secx
S/N Ratio 40 dB
Dynamic Range 60 dB
Color Filter RGB Bayer Pattern
White Balance AUTO
USB Cable Length 1.5m
O/P compatibility (32bit system only) Win2k,WinXP,Vista and Windows 7
November 2011 V1.1
iOptron reserves the rights to revise this instruction without notice. Actual color/contents/design may differ from those described in
this instruction.
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Example: Using Future WinJoe For Image and Video Capture
Install software of Future WinJoe
1. Download Future WinJoe from www.ioptron.com/future.rar and save on your desktop
2. Double click on “future.rar” to open the compressed file package and double click on
“setup.exe” to start install the software
3. Select your language, then click “OK” to confirm
4. Click on Next when an InstallShield Wizard window displayed.
5. Click on “Yes” to accept the License Agreement.
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6. Select the destination folder to install Future WinJoe. The default location is "C:\Program
Files\Future\WinJoe". Click on “Next”. You may change it to the destination folder you want by
click on “Browse”.
7. Click on "finish" to exit when InstallShield wizard has been completed.
Operation of Future WinJoe
1. Connect the iE3000 to the USB port,
2. Double click on the Future WinJoe icon on desktop “
”.
Or go to startall programsFuture WinJoe. A preview window of Future WinJoe will be shown,
with a large live image in the middle and captured image thumbnails at the bottom.
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3. Click on “
” to bring up the “Capture Settings” menu to select a camera, if your computer
equipped more than one. In this case, select “MVV3000”. You can select where to store the
captured videos and images. You may also change other settings in this menu. Click “OK” when
done.
4. Click on "
" to connect the camera. An image (probably an unfocused one in most time)
will be displayed. Adjust the focusing-knob to bring the image to focus.
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5. Click on "
" to set the attributes of images shown, such as brightness and contrast.
6. Click on “
” to capture a photo.
7. Click on the image thumbnails to view the quality of the image. Click on “
” or “ ” to
adjust the settings if needed. Click on “
” to connect the camera again and take more
pictures if desired.
8. Click on “
” to start video capturing, and click it again to stop.
9. For more detailed software functions, please click on “
" or "F1"
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